Improved shipping-case



PATENTE!) MAY 26, w68,

M. H. NICHOLS. SHIPPING CASE.

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-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MOsEs H. IOHOLS, on

HANOOOK, New YORK.

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specification iraniani;V par@ ofiLeners Patent No. 18,316, ,einen May-26, rees.

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My invention has-@for its object' to furnish'- an improved shipping-case, vdcsign'edfespecially for-.shipping butter and honey, but Wh'ch may be used. uzituequal advz'intagelfor 'Ot er simi'rar articles; and-itc'onsists i'n constructing the case air-tight, and with yan air-chamber around the glass j-.irwhich' containsfthe pj butter or honey to be shipped, and in the pein the case.

culiar construction of the case-hy which this is effected. l

` A is theoutercase, which is made rectanguiar inform, and of a size depending upon the size of the jar/to he shipped inv it. The.

jointsof `the ease A should be packed-vor oth,- .erwise made perfectlyair-ti'ght. B are slides working ingrooves vthe sides of the case A, cutting .olf triangu ar spaces in the corners ot'saidrase, and vreducing its interior to an 'octagonal form.. :Gare cushions, made of rubber or other material possessing the requisite elasticity, attached tothe slides B, so as toI press against the sides of the jar placed with- The cushions (lneed 'not be'continuons, butl should either' lie-continuous or v suicient innumber tovfully andsu'ciently lsupport the sdesof the'jar, and should he extended 'upon or attached to thebottom of th'e ease A, yso lthat the said jar muy havefan elastie support to rest'upon.

I) is the er into which the but-ter has been packed, orav'ithin which the honey' has been c tbrned-by the bees. The jar D is covered with I.

i Yan.air-tightcover, E, and-the air that may he within t-hcjar is then exhausted through the ,hole in said cover, whichhole'is then sealed elastic4 cushion, Q, attached' to I its -lower'side,

whichpresses upon the cover E of the jar D. v T he'upper side ot' the cover Fis corrugated orgrooved transversely, asll shown iii Fig. l?,

so that the air'mny pass freely betWeen-itainl theeove'r G of the outer case, A. .The edges ofthe-cover G enter and 'slide-in grooves in the upper part of the saidv ease A, and the vurio'us-partsjare so constructed and arranged that thecover G vwhen slid into its place may press the 'ocia-gohal cover I* and its cushion do'wn'closely upon the coverEof .thejnr D,

The o'utercas'e, A, may then he made entirely air-tight'by covering thejoint or jointsot the cover Ev withgummed cloth or 'some similar material. By this construction the jar D-that containsthegniaterial to he shipped will be' surrounded with an air-chamber, the air with.- in which, when the outer case, A., is closed, will remain unchanged, and being anon-conductor will prevent the contents of thejar from Lion tomarket. I f

It should he observed that the cases and jars are designedto be returned tothe producer, so .that hisonlyfexpense will be pro- .curing his irst supply. riChe cases A., when shipped, are designed. to be' packed in cases-or crates ot' such a sizer as to contain n ine, twelve,

or any other number of said cases A,ecc ord ingtotheir size and the weight of the mate- .ralpacked inthein. l I claim as new and desire to secure by Letter-'s Patent lThe combination of the slides B, octagonal cover F, and-'elastic ycushions C with each other yand with the case A andjar D, substantiallyV as herein shown 'and described, and for the purpose set forth.

p vMOS- ES HIGBY NICHOLS.

Witnesses:v

E. B. TARBOX, CHS. -STODDARD..

Fis an octagonal cover fitting intov the in i tcriorofihe case, and'having a ru bher or other beingeffected by heat during its transporta- 

